At last weekend\u2019s Bruin Diving Invitational in Westwood, Calif., the Stanford diving team brought home the hardware with four second-place finishes and two first-place finishes. The event pitted the Card against divers from San Diego, UCSD, UCLA, Southern California and Connecticut.<\/p>\n
As expected, the Cardinal upperclassmen were dominant. On the men\u2019s side, senior Dwight Dumais began his quest for an individual NCAA championship with a strong second-place finish in the 1-meter springboard. However, Dumais disappointed in the 3-meter springboard \u2014 he finished in eighth place in the preliminaries and failed to qualify for the finals.<\/p>\n
Junior Brent Eichenseer was met with more success. He achieved third in the 1-meter behind Dumais and USC\u2019s Harrison Jones, and won second on platform diving behind Jones. Eichenseer ended the meet on Sunday with a forceful performance in the 3-meter finals, winning the competition by 64.70 points over UConn\u2019s Adam Genuario.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s team also had a very strong meet. Senior Carmen Stellar placed second in all three events, and junior Meg Hostage garnered a first-place finish in the 1-meter and third place in the 3-meter.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Mary Beth Corbett, who recorded seventh-place finishes in the 1-meter and 3-meter, commented on the overall success of the meet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did better than I expected,\u201d she said. \u201cThe competition was good, because USC has two people who\u2019ve been to the Olympics, so getting as close as [Stellar and Hostage] did to them was a great win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stellar actually placed higher than one of those Olympians, Ariel Rittenhouse, on the platform.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know there\u2019s a lot of progress to be made before Pac-10s, and we know that we can do that,\u201d Corbett added.<\/p>\n
Even more impressive is the fact that Stanford placed so well despite not going into the meet with a highly competitive mindset.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was one of our earlier meets, so it didn\u2019t mean a lot in terms of places or points,\u201d Corbett said. \u201cThis was the meet where our coach was looking to see where we are in the season [and] how we\u2019re progressing. It was a really good indicator for our team of how we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cardinal freshmen also performed well, giving head coach Dr. Rick Schavone an early indication of their level relative to the competition. For the women, freshman Jennifer Wylie dove well on the 1-meter and 3-meter, but did not reach any finals, placing 17th and 21st respectively on the two boards. Freshman Tommy Fraychineaud did somewhat better \u2014 he made the finals in both springboards, placing ninth in the 1-meter and third in the 3-meter.<\/p>\n
While the long-term focus is on the Pac-10 and NCAA tournaments, the divers are preparing for next weekend\u2019s meets against Arizona and Arizona State. Both swimmers and divers will compete in these dual meets, which involve both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone has one or two things they know they need to work on,\u201d Corbett said. \u201cWe really want to work on technique, so the meets will end up being natural and we won\u2019t have to work as hard for it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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